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Definition: Skeleton |
SkeletonNoun1. The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal. 2. The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skeleton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Central stroke of a character after filtering out small pieces of noise(preprocessing). Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing a skeleton, is prognostic of illness, misunderstanding and injury at the hands of others, especially enemies. To dream that you are a skeleton, is a sign that you are suffering under useless worry, and should cultivate a milder disposition. If you imagine that one haunts you, there will soon come to you a shocking accident or death, or the trouble may take the form of financial disaster. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Health | The framework that supports the soft tissues of vertebrate animals and protects many of their internal organs. The skeletons of vertebrates are made of bone and/or cartilage. (references) |
Literature | Skeleton There is a skeleton in every house. Something to annoy and to be kept out of sight. That is my skeleton - my trouble, the "crook in my lot." A woman had an only son who obtained an appointment in India, but his health failed, and his mother longed for his return. One day he wrote a letter to his mother, with this strange request. "Pray, mother, get someone who has no cares and troubles to make me six shirts." The widow hunted in vain for such a person, and at length called upon a lady who told her to go with her to her bedroom. Being there she opened a closet which contained a human skeleton. "Madam," said the lady, "I try to keep my trouble to myself, but every night my husband compels me to kiss that skeleton." She then explained that the skeleton was once her husband's rival, killed in a duel. "Think you I am happy?" The mother wrote to her son, and the son wrote home: "I knew when I gave the commission that everyone had his cares, and you, mother, must have yours. Know then that I am condemned to death, and can never return to England. Mother, mother! there is a skeleton in every house." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | Scrap remaining in strip or sheet after blanking can ends. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The framework around and within which the soft parts of the body are situated. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The human skeleton is made up of bones, some of them joined together, supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, and cartilage.
The skeleton changes composition over a lifespan. A developing fetus has no hard skeleton at all - it forms gradually during the nine months in the womb. When a baby is born it has more bones than it will as an adult. On average, an adult human has 206 bones in their skeleton (the number can vary slightly from individual to individual), but a baby is born with approximately 270. The difference comes from a number of small bones that fuse together during growth. These include the bones in the skull and the spine. The sacrum (the bone at the base of the spine) consists of six bones which are separated at birth but fuse together into a solid structure in later years.
There are 6 bones (three on each side) in the inner ear that articulate only with themselves, and one bone, the hyoid bone, which does not touch any other bones in the body.
The longest bone in the body is the femur and the smallest is the stapes bone in the inner ear.
Function
The skeleton functions not only as the support for the body but also in haematopoiesis, the manufacture of blood cells that takes place in bone marrow.
Gender differences
There are small differences between the male and female human skeletons. Men tend to have slightly thicker and longer limb bones while women tend to have larger pelvic bones in relation to body size.
Organization
One way to group the bones of the human skeleton is to divide them into two groups, namely the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton consists of bones in the midline and includes all the bones of the head and neck, the vertebrae, ribs and sternum. The appendicular skeleton consists of the clavicles, scapulae, bones of the upper limb, bones of the pelvis and bones of the lower limb.Key parts of the human skeleton include:
- skull
- jaw
- rib cage
- spine
- pelvis and (hip)
- femur
- tibia and fibula
- humerus
- radius and ulna
- patella (knee cap)
- wrists and ankles
- hands and feet
Diseases
The skeleton can be affected by many diseases, affecting physical mobility and strength. These range from minor to extremely debilitating. Bone cancer and bone tumors are extremely serious and often require amputation of the affected limb. The various forms of arthritis attack the skeleton and cause extreme pain and debility. Osteoporosis is another danger, especially for post-menopausal women and the elderly. It greatly increases the likelihood of fractures and broken bones, although they can happen to anyone at any time if the bones suffer a trauma.See also skeleton, list of bones in the human skeleton.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Human skeleton."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Skeleton is also a winter sport: see skeleton (sport).In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. (By extension, non-biological outline structures such as gantries or buildings may also acquire skeletons.)
Skeletal systems are commonly divided into two types - external (an exoskeleton), and internal (an endoskeleton). The third skeletal system is called the hydrostatic skeleton which is hardly ever mentioned when speaking of the skeletal system because it lacks bones.
External skeletal systems are restricted in their maximum size so larger animals, such as the order chordata, have internal skeletal systems. Examples of this are found in arthropods and shellfish: the skeleton forms a hard shell-like covering protecting the internal organs.
The phylum arthropoda and mollusca have exoskeleton. In terms of growing its body, each phylum has its unique process. Most molluscs have calcareous shell that covers and protects their bodies. When they grow, the diameter the shell is enlarged without altering its coiled shape. The outer edge of the shell is added to its original one.
On the other hands, the arthropods must shed their exoskeleton to grow. At first, they swell inside their exoskeleton. As a certain period of time passed, the outer covering splits and the inner part of the body comes out. The process of shedding the exoskeleton is called molting. After that, the body quickly makes a new larger covering. In order to harden the skeleton, crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters deposit calcium salts into their cuticles that secreted by the epidermis.
An internal skeletal system consists of rigid structures within the body, moved by the muscular system. If the structures are mineralized or ossified, as they are in humans and other mammals, they are referred to as bones. Cartilage is another common component of skeletal systems, supporting and supplementing the skeleton. The human ear and nose are shaped by cartilage. Some organisms have a skeleton consisting entirely of cartilage and without any calcified bones at all, for example sharks. The bones or other rigid structures are connected by ligaments and connected to the muscular system via tendons.
The fully-developed human skeleton consists of 206 bones.
The hydrostatic skeleton is sort of like a water-filled balloon. Located internally in cnidarians and annelids, these animals can move by contracting its muscles in the wall of the fluid-filled pouch which creates pressure within the pouch which creates movements. These animals use the hydrostatic skeleton to change the shape of their body from long and skinny to short and stumpy.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skeleton."
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Skeleton is a winter sport on which competitors go heads-down an ice-track on single-seater sleighs, unlike luge, where competitors go feet-first. This Olympic sport is also known as tobogganing. It is named for the stripped-down sled, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.Skeleton is the oldest known sledding sport. It originates from St. Moritz, Switzerland, where in 1884 the Cresta run was built by Major Bulpetts. The following year, the first annual Grand National was organised, which remains the most important race in the sport. For a long time, the sport was even only conducted in St. Moritz, and when the Winter Olympic Games were held there in 1928 and 1948, the event was included as an Olympic sport. At the 2002 Games, the event returned to the program.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skeleton (sport)."
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An animated skeleton is a type of undead observed in many roleplaying games. It is an animated skeleton, given life by a more powerful undead, or a necromancer. They are mindless, but brutal and virtually immune to a piercing attack.They are usually used as foot-soldiers or battle troops.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skeleton (undead)."
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2002 Winter Olympic Games Skeleton
Medals awarded February 20, 2002
Men's
Shea, a third-generation Olympian, becomes first Olympic Skeleton champion in 54 years by edging Rettl by 0.05 seconds.
- Jim Shea (USA)
- Martin Rettl (AUT)
- Gregor Staehli (SUI)
Women's
Gale defeats her countrywoman by 0.10 seconds.
- Tristan Gale (USA)
- Lea Ann Parsley (USA)
- Alex Coomber (GBR)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| SK | English | Skeleton case | Meteorology & Standards, International Organizations |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SkeletonSynonyms: frame (n), skeletal system (n), systema skeletale (n), underframe (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Corpse | Noun: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay this mortal coil. |
Deterioration | Adjective: unimproved; (improve; ); deteriorated; Verb: altered, altered for the worse; injured; Verb: sprung; withering, spoiling; Verb: on the wane, on the decline; tabid; degenerate; marescent; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky. |
Inexpedience | Evil doer; bane; plague spot; (insalubrity); evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid, thorn in the side. |
Narrowness Thinness | Having, slip; (filament); thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone. |
Pain | Source of irritation, source of annoyance; wound, open sore; sore subject, skeleton in the closet; thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side; where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood. |
Plan | Sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon; rough cast, rough draft, draught copy; copy; proof, revise. |
Remainder | Noun: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs; (dirt); refuse; (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. |
Support | Frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion; crown post, king post; vertebra. |
Whole | Bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages; trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part; essential part; (importance).; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Skeleton |
| English words defined with "skeleton": appendicular skeleton, axial skeleton. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skeleton": ANTHROPOLOGIST, PHYSICAL ♦ backing deals, blocker and sewer, Bone Remodeling ♦ clay separations around skeleton grains, cytoskeleton ♦ en masse conveyor ♦ FOUNDATION MAKER ♦ General Public Virus, Giants, Ginevra ♦ hereditary elliptocytosis, Homosteroids, Hydroxysteroids ♦ Ketosteroids ♦ LAUREATE, Lord Lovel ♦ neurofibrillary tangle ♦ OTTOMY ♦ Pregnanediones ♦ Remote Reference Layer ♦ SCREW, skeletal musculature, Skeleton Jackets, Skel-ML, Small-back, strain sheet, strata bolt ♦ WATCH-BAND ASSEMBLER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "skeleton": Splanchno-skeleton. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Skeleton" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (skeleton). |
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Screenplays | Oh yeah, Chloe Chloe looked the way Meryl Streep's skeleton would look if you made it smile and walk around the party being extra nice to everybody (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I was on my way to get a breakfast Burrito when I pulled a rat skeleton out of my pocket (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) If you let this chance pass, eventually, your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton. So, go to him, dammit (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le; writing credit: Guillaume Laurant; Jean-Pierre Jeunet) By law you have to disclose everything: 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and a skeleton. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) | |
Lyrics | And then y'all could throw the skeleton bones right in the closet do' (O.P.P.; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread (King Of Pain; performing artist: The Police) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Golden Skeleton (1967) Skeleton Frolics (1937) The Skeleton Dance (1929) Skeleton Keys (1925) The Family Skeleton (1918) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shows MRI image of human skeleton. MRI diagnoses Ewing's sarcoma of the right hip. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Brain corals get their name from the folds and turns in the coral skeleton. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Calcareous skeleton of the coral, Fungia scutaria. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Close up of skeleton of colonial coral with septa clearly visible. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Where Rush Skeleton Weed was first discovered in 1955Banks IdahoIdaho vegetationPlants in BLM. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |  | Dan Woodruff looking at Rush Skeleton WeedIdaho vegetationPlants in BLM. Credit: Roger Rosentreter. |
 | Whale Partial Skeleton. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | Edinburgh medical students examine the skeleton of a notorious nineteenth century murderer and body-snatcher, William Burke. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R. Haswell.. |
 | [Human skeleton standing before open sarcophagus]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Soldier drinking ice water offered by skeleton. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Skeleton side" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Skeleton side." | "Dinosaur bones" by Nick Robinson Commentary: "This out of place large dinosaur skeleton in chicago O'Hare Airport." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | An entire and gigantic skeleton appeared to them, and enveloped them |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She held herself upright by a tent flap, and the hand holding onto the canvas was a skeleton covered with wrinkled skin |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I had quite lost my stomach, and was almost reduced to a skeleton. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia can often be seen in a plain X-ray picture of the skeleton. (references) | |
The relationship of sunshine to vitamin D3 and the normal growth and development of the skeleton is well known. (references) | ||
During pregnancy you need 1200 mg calcium daily to build the fetal skeleton without drawing from maternal calcium stores. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | Two of the victims provisionally were identified as young men who had disappeared in 1996. In late 1999, the Government submitted its forensic report to a magistrate in Jaffna; the report stated that 10 of the remains, including a skeleton that was bound and blindfolded, showed signs of physical assault that led to their deaths. (references) |
Fiji | The Human Rights Commission (HRC) was operational with a skeleton staff of a director and an executive officer between May and September 2000. However, during 2000 the HRC essentially ceased functioning from mid-May to mid-September 2000; one commissioner resigned, and the chair was accused of conflict of interest due to marriage to a government minister. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Greece | Legislation mandates a skeleton staff during strikes affecting public services, such as electricity, transportation, communications, and banking. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Of all incumbents of that high office, Robert Southey had the most notable knack at drugging the Samson of public joy and cutting his hair to the quick; and he had an artistic color-sense which enabled him so to blacken a public grief as to give it the aspect of a national crime. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Skeleton" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.05% of the time. "Skeleton" is used about 615 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.05% | 603 | 10,628 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.95% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 615 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "skeleton": a skeleton in the cupboard ♦ appendicular skeleton ♦ axial skeleton ♦ Cell Wall Skeleton ♦ clay separations around skeleton grains ♦ family skeleton ♦ like a skeleton ♦ reduced to a skeleton ♦ skeleton abstract ♦ skeleton at the feast ♦ skeleton bill ♦ skeleton crew ♦ skeleton fork fern ♦ skeleton framing ♦ skeleton in the closet ♦ skeleton in the cupboard ♦ skeleton key ♦ skeleton law ♦ skeleton leaf ♦ skeleton map ♦ skeleton outline ♦ skeleton proof ♦ skeleton regiment ♦ skeleton shrimp ♦ skeleton staff ♦ walking skeleton. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "skeleton": skeleton-boosting, Skeleton-cleric, skeleton-covered, skeleton-crew, skeleton-forming, skeleton-frame, skeleton-key, skeleton-like. | |
Ending with "skeleton": half-complete-skeleton, Splanchno-skeleton. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
skeleton | 1,614 | skeleton clock | 26 |
human skeleton | 595 | dancing skeleton | 25 |
skeleton picture | 168 | horse skeleton | 25 |
skeleton key | 100 | skeleton drawing | 24 |
human skeleton picture | 75 | bones skeleton | 24 |
red skeleton | 54 | axial skeleton | 24 |
fish skeleton | 50 | alcohol skeleton | 23 |
skeleton system | 50 | skeleton warrior | 22 |
skeleton watch | 47 | skeleton hand | 21 |
diagram of skeleton | 43 | leaf skeleton | 20 |
skeleton pic | 40 | anatomy skeleton | 19 |
diagram human skeleton | 38 | halloween skeleton | 18 |
dog skeleton | 36 | skeleton in the closet | 18 |
animal skeleton | 35 | skeleton coast | 18 |
dinosaur skeleton | 34 | bones of the human skeleton | 17 |
skeleton tattoo | 33 | cartoon skeleton | 17 |
skeleton art | 31 | skull and skeleton | 17 |
bird skeleton | 30 | lake skeleton | 17 |
cat skeleton | 27 | snake skeleton | 17 |
skeleton model | 27 | art clip skeleton | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "skeleton"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | geraamte. (various references) | |
Albanian | strukturë (conformation, construction, contexture, fabric, frame, framework, grain, make up, pattern, set, set up, state, structure), skemë (delineation, diagram, map, schema, scheme, sketch), skelet (atomy, cadre, carcase, carcass, case, frame, framework, Mount, mounting, shell, yoke), karkasë (body, cadre, carcase, carcass, case, chassis, frame, shell, yoke). (various references) | |
Arabic | مخطط بحث مؤلف, هيكل مبنى, هيكل سفينة (shell), هيكل عظمي (bone), شخص نحيل جدا (anatomy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | схема (device, pattern, plan, project, schema, scheme, sheet), скелет (anatomy, atomy, bones, framework, shell), скица (contour, cure, delineation, design, diagram, draft, draught, freehand drawing, object, outline, plan, plat, plot, schema, scheme, scream, sketch, study, vignette), сведен до минимум, като скелет (skeletal), минимален (knockdown, minimal, minimum), план (blueprint, conception, dart, diagram, draft, draught, game, idea, layout, map, plan, plat, plot, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, schema, scheme, set up, sketch, view). (various references) | |
Chinese | 骨骼 . (various references) | |
Czech | skica (cartoon, sketch), skelet, kostra (fabric, frame). (various references) | |
Danish | skelet (frame, framework, framing, lattice, soil skeleton, truss). (various references) | |
Dutch | skelet (frame, framework, framing, lattice, truss), geraamte (frame, framework, framing, portal frame), gebeente. (various references) | |
Esperanto | skeleto, ostaro. (various references) | |
Farsi | کالبد (Chassis, Framework, Mold, Mould, Shell), ساختمان (Anatomy, Construction, Frame, Make, Mechanism, Stance, Structure), طرح ریزی (Projection, Schematization), طرح (Cast, Diagram, Draft, Knack, Layout, Machination, Model, Module, Outline, Pattern, Plan, Plat, Plot, Project, Projection, Proposal, Schema, Scheme, Sketch), اسکلت (Chassis, Frame), استخوان بندی (Anatomy, Bone, Framework), شالوده (Base, Infrastructure, Pedestal, Sole, Texture). (various references) | |
Finnish | runko (frame, fuselage, hull, stem, trunk), luuranko. (various references) | |
French | squelette (skeleton line), ossature (skeleton framing), charpente. (various references) | |
Frisian | geramte, biente. (various references) | |
German | Skelett (carcass), Knochengerüst. (various references) | |
Greek | σκελετόσ (carcass, frame, framework, fuselage), σκελετός (frame, framework). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מסגרת (bordure, compass, frame, framework, ledge, orbit, rim, setting, stronghold), שלדה (chassis, frame), שלד (frame, outline). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csontváz (anatomy, atomy, bag of bones, bony system, skeletal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tengkorak (brainpan, cephalic, skull), kerangka (carcass, frame), bengkarak (bones, carcass), bagan (design, draft, program, schema, sketch). (various references) | |
Italian | scheletro (bone, scragg, shell). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 骸骨 , 骨組み (framework), 骨幹 (build, structure), 白骨 (whitebone), スケート靴 (scale, scale merit, scaling, scaling factor, scapegoat, schedule, scheduler, scheduling, scherzo, skateboard, skates, skeptic, skepticism, sketch, sketch phone, sketchbook, vernier). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がいこつ, ほねぐみ (framework), こっかん (build, depth of winter, Japanese and Chinese literature, severecold, structure), スケルトン , はっこつ (whitebone). (various references) | |
Korean | 해골. (various references) | |
Manx | ushylagh (a very thin person, cadre). (various references) | |
Norwegian | skjelett (frame, framework). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eletonskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esqueleto (anatomy, barebone, carcase, carcass, frame, scaffold, scrag). (various references) | |
Romanian | structurã (cast, composition, constitution, contexture, fabric, frame, lattice, machinery, make, make up, organization, pattern, state, structure), schelet (atomy, bone, carcas, frame, framework, framing, hulk, shell), plan (contrivance, counsel, design, device, disposition, draft, even, idea, intention, level, map, meaning, outline, plain, plan, plane, program, programme, project, proposal, schedule, scheme, scheming, syllabus, tabular), osaturã (frame, structure), monturã (Mount), carcasã (carcas, carcase, case, framework, framing, housing, Hull, shell), cadru (casement, compass, frame, framework, framing, personnel, picture, rim, scenery, setting, specialists, still). (various references) | |
Russian | скелет скелетный, скелет (frame), костяк, каркас (carcass, frame, framework), набросок (draft, drawing, jotting, minute, outline, sketch). (various references) | |
Scottish | craidhneach (a skeleton). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skelet, okosnica (framework, outline), kostur (carcass, frame). (various references) | |
Spanish | esqueleto (frame, framework), estructura (arrangement, build, conformation, fabric, frame, framework, make up, outline, plot, structure). (various references) | |
Swedish | skelett (framework), stomme (body, carcase, carcass, fabric, frame, framework, frame-work), benstomme, benrangel. (various references) | |
Thai | โครงสร้าง (fabric), โครงกระดูก (ribcage), คนผอมแห้ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | temel çatı, taslak (conspectus, design, diagram, draft, draft plan, draught, drawing, outline, plan, rough, roughcast, schema, silhouette, sketch, study, tracing, visual), iskelet gibi kimse, iskelet (atomy, bones, carcase, carcass, frame, framework, outline, skeletal), çok zayıf kimse (scrag), çerçeve (casing, frame, rim), çekirdek kadro (cadre, hard core, skeleton crew), çatı (fabric, frame, framework, roof, roofing, voice). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схема (cadre, chart, device, diagram, outline, pattern, plan, schema), скелет (anatomy), кістяк (body, bone, cadre, carcass), гратчастий (ethmoid, meshed), остов (cadre, carcass), ажурний. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc ô nhục phải che đậy trong gia đình, nòng cốt dàn bài, lõi (core, heart), khung (cadre, mounting), bộ xương bộ khung, bộ gọng nhân, điều làm mất vui việc xấu xa phải giấu giếm. (various references) | |
Welsh | ysgerbwd (carcass). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | adda. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | skeleton soma. (various references) |
| Modern Latin | 1500-Modern | sceleton. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skeleton": skeletonic, skeletonise, skeletonised, skeletonises, skeletonising, skeletonize, skeletonized, skeletonizer, skeletonizers, skeletonizes, skeletonizing, skeletons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "skeleton": cytoskeleton, endoskeleton, exoskeleton. (additional references) | |
Words containing "skeleton": cytoskeletons, endoskeletons, exoskeletons. (additional references) | |
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"Skeleton" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: selatan, Seletun, Selfton, Shelderton, skelaton, skeletin, skeletom, skeliton, skelliton, skelton, Smeeton, Speeton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skeleton" (pronounced ske"lutun) |
| 8 | s k e" l u t u n | exoskeleton. |
| 6 | -e" l u t u n | gelatin. |
| 5 | -l u t u n | bulletin, charlatan, cosmopolitan, metropolitan. |
| 4 | -u t u n | biotin, lovastatin, puritan, Samaritan. |
| 3 | -t u n | fatten, actin, badminton, batten, beaten, begotten, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, certain, chieftain, clandestine, cotton, craton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, rewritten, rotten, satin, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-k-l-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: keelson, ketones. | |
-2 letters: kelson, ketols, ketone, ketose, kneels, lentos, leones, nestle, sklent, stolen, telson, tokens. | |
-3 letters: enols, keels, keens, keets, kenos, ketol, kneel, knees, knelt, knots, koels, leeks, leets, lenes, lenos, lense, lento, leone, noels, notes, onset, sente, seton, skeen, skeet, skene, sleek, sleet, steek, steel, stele, steno, stoke, stole, stone, teels, teens. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-k-l-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: skeletons. | |
+2 letters: skeletonic. | |
+3 letters: bottlenecks, exoskeleton, gentlefolks, nonskeletal, skeletonise, skeletonize. | |
+4 letters: cytoskeleton, endoskeletal, endoskeleton, exoskeletons, leukotrienes, skeletonised, skeletonises, skeletonized, skeletonizer, skeletonizes. | |
+5 letters: cytoskeletons, endoskeletons, skeletonising, skeletonizers, skeletonizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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